Linkin Park Turn Home Builders

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Band donates time to rebuilding homes in New Orleans.

By IGN Music

Linkin Park have announced that they will be taking a break from touring in order to team up with Hollywood For Habitat For Humanity and the New Orleans area Habitat For Humanity in an effort to help families who were displaced by Hurrican Katrina.

On Wednesday, February 27th, 2008, the band, along with current touring partners Coheed & Cambria, will head to New Orleans to build homes in the damaged Gulf Coast area.

"There is still so much work to be done on the Gulf Coast following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina," said bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell. "Linkin Park is proud to be a part of the rebuilding process."

The announcement comes six months after Linkin Park's nonprofit organization, Music For Relief, initiated a partnership with Hollywood for Habitat For Humanity to fund and build homes in hurricane ravaged areas. New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity was chosen to be the beneficiary of these funds, with multiple families benefitting as a result of Music for Relief's extraordinary efforts. Music For Relief raised the monies for these homes through an innovative multi-platform campaign including donations, merchandise sales, ticket auctions and other activities online and onsite during Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour. The organization will continue to raise funds through the current Linkin Park arena tour at the Music for Relief booth on site for each date, as part of their ongoing relationship withHollywood for Habitat for Humanity.

Additionally, Linkin Park will be bringing a fan and their guest to assist in the build. The fan, Adrian Mulloy, is the winner of the band's "What I've Done" sweepstakes, which required entrants to submit a video, less than two minutes in length, explaining what he/she has done to make the world a better place.